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I have looked for coverage of this disaster in the press...not much doing. It's there, but you have to dig past all the "Is Brangelina getting married this weekend?" kind of sutff first. And then very casual references to how many have died and how many are suffering. One line mentioning that even worse weather is on the horizon. Have we become this complacent about suffering and so enamored of wealth? Yikes!

We always give more relevance to crap news than to humanitarian emergencies.

You have to skim a lot of irrelevancies to get to the things that matters.

What makes feel terrible is how on earth media oversees human needs in order to sell ads.

Beautiful Twilight movies actors = sales.

Suffering Philippine people = inconvenient reality.

Sad, but true.

Originally Posted by Dosho

I have looked for coverage of this disaster in the press...not much doing. It's there, but you have to dig past all the "Is Brangelina getting married this weekend?" kind of sutff first. And then very casual references to how many have died and how many are suffering. One line mentioning that even worse weather is on the horizon. Have we become this complacent about suffering and so enamored of wealth? Yikes!

Gassho,
Dosho

Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock

Kyonin thank you for starting this thread, and thank you everyone for your offerings of metta. I am fortunate enough to live in a place protected somewhat from typhoons - sadly, that's not the case for my countrymen up north.

Kyonin thank you for starting this thread, and thank you everyone for your offerings of metta. I am fortunate enough to live in a place protected somewhat from typhoons - sadly, that's not the case for my countrymen up north.

Much metta to you and your beautiful country. Hope everything goes back to normal soon.

Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock